Solved 1.3 local variable returning nil, not sure why.

[Oneda]

So, I'm trying to parse a var in a getItemCount, but its returning nil, not really sure what I'm doing wrong here.

if I replace

player:getItemCount(aucItem)

with

player:getItemCount(2160)

for example, the script runs well. Pretty confused why the var itself is returning nil.

function onSay(player, words, param)
    local aucItem = param
 
    if not tonumber(aucItem) then
        player:sendPrivateMessage(player, "Invalid item ID.")
        print (''..aucItem..'[1]')
    elseif player:getItemCount(aucItem) <= 0 then
        print (''..aucItem..'[2]')
        player:sendPrivateMessage(player, "You don't have any items with that ID.")
    else
        print (''..aucItem..'[3]')      
    end
end

Edit: nevermind, I actually just re-read the post and found the obvious mistake.

The solution if anyone else ever make this mistake:

    local aucItem = tonumber(param)

and

    if not tonumber(param) then

(Yeah, just converting the var back into a number.)